which is the largest mosque in Damascus. Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime on December 8, 2024, the iconic mosque has seen a significant increase in visitors, especially on Fridays.

The mosque, one of the world's oldest dating ... that now we have a say and we can try to build.” Blocks away in Damascus' biggest roundabout, named Umayyad Square, thousands gathered, including ...

Assad’s fall in December, prominent Sunni religious leaders returned from exile to counter the dominant Salafist influence, ...

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani met Syria's new ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus Friday, state media said, in the ...

Now, fighters and civilians gathered to listen, many stepping inside the sweeping mosque for the first ... images of the ousted autocrat. At Damascus’s biggest roundabout, Umayyad Square ...